Commentary
Motherhood Is a Discipline Worth Celebrating
Sometimes I forget how remarkable my mother is. She holds two degrees in different fields, built a successful professional career, and then, by choice, became a homeschool mom to me and my three siblings until we each left…
Winners & Losers: Texas Wins Again, Cell Phones Lose in Dallas and Rubio Scores at the Vatican
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. It remains very tense in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Virginia Supreme Court just struck…
There is More Than One Way to SAVE America
If Congress cannot quickly pass the SAVE America Act, policymakers should focus on what can be done now to advance its core provisions. As debate over election integrity continues in Washington, President Donald Trump has…
What Clarence Thomas Told Us in Texas
Thomas said our calling as Americans is to live the Constitution’s principles, not revise them. When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took the stage recently at the University of Texas at Austin to deliver a speech…
Rigging Drug Prices – Texas Public Policy Foundation
Americans are deeply concerned about the cost of prescription drugs—and for good reason. Over the last decade, drug prices have outpaced inflation, and Americans are paying more than two and a half times what other wealthy…
Rep. Hefner: Property taxes, security, and local reforms top priorities for next session
In a recent interview on The Arena with Greg Sindelar, State Rep. Cole Hefner, R-Mount Pleasant, offered a candid look at his East Texas roots, legislative record, and priorities as Texas heads toward its 90th legislative…
Winners & Losers: The End to Racial Gerrymandering & a Spotlight on the King
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. It’s good to be on the radio in a week when all the trades are reporting that “audio is…
Degrees Still Matter—But They’re Not Enough
A recent poll shows employers still value college degrees, but they are worried about a skills gap between what they need and what candidates actually possess. Earlier this year, Lumina Foundation and Gallup surveyed 2,000…
Pro-Life and Compassionate: Why We Must Oppose Criminalizing Women Who Seek Abortions
Just 10 years before my friend Kathryn was born, her mother tragically chose to have an abortion. When she later conceived Kathryn, she told her husband, “I felt a soul enter my body.” I recently learned at my Senate District…
The Eternal ‘Apple of Gold’: Lincoln’s Defense of Justice Thomas’s Call to Our Founding Principles
Recently at UT-Austin, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke as part of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence. Thomas understands what too many in our day have forgotten: that the Declaration is, as…
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